Colleges across Canada are slashing programs and staff due to a steep drop in the number of international students coming to Canada. We look at how government funding cuts led colleges to rely on these students as a revenue stream in the first place, and how these program cuts might affect domestic students' education in the long run.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged $5 billion in aid for Ukraine, funded by Russian assets seized by Canada. Long-time Kremlin critic Bill Browder discusses what this promise means for Ukraine’s future — and what he makes of U.S. President Donald Trump seeming to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Parenting comes with a lot of emotions: love, joy, anxiety — and even regret. We talk to two parents who are sharing their regrets about what having kids meant for their lives. They say they want prospective parents to have a more complete story about what’s often called the “best job in the world.”

Ryan Kirby and Mark Lane have poured about $1.1 million of their own money into setting up a new addiction treatment centre in Newfoundland, even putting their homes up as collateral. They talk to Matt Galloway about how the impact of addiction on their own lives and communities made them want to make a difference.

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers.

In the midst of the Second World War, he was separated from his family and taken in by a group of soldiers as one of their own. He was made a member of Hitler’s army – a toy soldier with his own rifle and miniature SS uniform.

But what the soldiers didn’t know and what no one would know for decades: he was a Jewish boy masquerading as a Nazi to save his life.

Alex lives with this false identity for so long, he no longer remembers who he was before – forgetting his parents’ faces, his birthday, his own name. But before he dies, Alex is determined to find the identity and family stolen from him during the Holocaust.

This is the story Alex would tell the world decades later, but doubts quickly took hold and wouldn’t let go. Could a story so unbelievable be true? Or is this a con to profit from the Holocaust? Eighty years on, is it possible to uncover who Alex really is? Host Dan Goldberg unravels the true story.

Get lost in someone else’s life. From a mysterious childhood spent on the run, to a courageous escape from domestic violence, each season of Personally invites you to explore the human experience in all its complexity, one story — or season — at a time.

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Italian scientist Ernesto Di Maio says he’s cracked the perfect way to boil an egg, every time — but it might take a little longer than you think.

Pope Francis remains in critical condition, after his health took a turn for the worse over the weekend. The CBC's Megan Williams joins us from Rome, where the Pope has left a letter that is believed to contain his resignation, should he be medically incapacitated.

Arts and humanities programs are being cut across Canadian universities and post-secondary institutions, due to low enrollment and financial pressures. Critics have long dismissed these courses as impractical with few job prospects, but some academics argue the programs still have merit and could be redesigned to help students thrive in a world in flux.